Passion

I have been thinking really hard on what’s my passion since these holidays began. I thought about different genres of things and realized that my passion is not narrowed down to any one particular thing. PASSION means boundless enthusiasm. When I read the definition I realized that all the things I love doing are because I am enthusiastic about them be it my hobby like reading or music or any such thing. I am passionate about all the things which I choose to do on my own and are not put down my throat.

I always thought my passion was journalism but now I know that journalism is a very vast field, too many things involved. It has become a kind of business My passion is to stand for justice. No I am not a social worker but I am a law abiding citizen who wants her country to rise on the whole, not in bits and pieces.

Another thing I can’t do without is sports. It has been my biggest passion since childhood. Not just seeing them but trying my hand on any and every game. Cricket, Kung-fu, athletics, TT, basketball, hockey, volleyball etc I have tried my hand on all. I love watching a game of football or F1 any day.

I am very passionate about music, movies and reading. I can’t say that I know all the bands in this world or I have seen all the movies or I am an avid reader but how much ever I have done I just love doing it. When I do any of the above I do it out of choice and not forcibly so I love it.

There are two things which I would love to do. Which I am really passionate about are

1. Learn the guitar completely, don’t why I left it half way.
2. Learn photography professionally.

And yeah if given a chance I would love to ban VHP, Bajrang Dal etc for spoiling the Indian harmony.

This assignment gave me a chance to discover myself. We know and still we don’t know. I think if I think a little more there will be many more things coming out about which I am passionate.

A society where thoughts seem to be stagnated, modification and alterations are always welcome. Such a thought has been put forward by the Maharashtra government. The Maharashtra government has launched an important multi-pronged initiative in 10 most backward districts of the state to delay marriage and motherhood among young adolescent girl

Imagine what kind of life would these girls have. And can we think of progressing when instead of going to school and learning for life, these adolescents became trapped in the cycle of procreation and responsibilities.

This incentive would let her fullfil her dreams and would definitely improve thestandard of living not only her but people around her. It is very necessary for these girls to complete their education and know the world around them to fight injustice so they not only survive but strife. So that their life is more than that of the men around her i.e; her father, her brother, her husband and her son. She would make sure that her own daughter never goes through the hardships that she went through. Thus it would form a chain reaction that would reach all the nooks and corners.

This has been begun in Maharashtra. It would b e great if it spreads in the whole country and definitely the result would be much better than expected. Because Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.

Fight for your rights

I was finding a topic to write on when a strange headline hit me, it said : The poor pay bribes of over Rs 8,000 million to access public services.

The artice said that : A study on corruption across India reveals that approximately 50 million BPL households paid as much as Rs 8,830 million in bribes in one year to access 11 selected public services. Highest on the corruption list is the police

A recent study, designed and conducted by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS) in collaboration with Transparency International India (TII), reveals that the approximately 50 million BPL (below the poverty line) households in India paid as much as Rs 8,830 million in bribes, within one year, to access 11 selected public services. This colossal amount, extracted from the poor, indicates a ruthless cynicism at work within the innards of the State.

Six of the 11 public services covered in the study are ‘need-based’ -- police, banking, housing, forests, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), and land records/registration. The rest are ‘basic services’ -- the Public Distribution System (PDS), health, school education, electricity, and water supply. The 11 services can be ranked as follows, in terms of their corruption count: police (1), land records/registration (2), housing (3), water supply (4), NREGS (5), forests (6), electricity (7), health (8), PDS (9), banking (10), and school education (11). Need-based services, being monopolistic and/or involving asset-creation, rank relatively high on the corruption scale compared to basic services.

Strange it is when we talk of erradication of poverty when the people who are suppose to help the poor and the needy to rise up are the culprits themselves. But if we are a little more vigil about the happenings around us , we can ourselves help in making the system more transparent. We have got so used to the corrupt system that it has become a part of our life. We have just followed the flow and never tried to drift away because its difficult.

We have to be the change to follow the change. Cribbing doesnt help. If there is something that is wrong we must state itrather than ignoring it. The poor and the underpreviliged need someone to look after. It has to be you and me, the urban english speaking middle class.